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one of the victim is from maryland. >> we have confirmation of one u.s. citizen killed in the attack. he was an employee of an mgo in cap ala. i think they have confirmed his identity and there have been five u.s. citizens hospitalized. >> he was identified as 25-year- old nate hen of wilmington, delaware. he was working with a california based aid group. and the family friend of emily kerstetter was with her grandmother and a church group when they came under attack >>> if you're planning on buying an iphone, why a group said don't do it. coming up next. dry, rough, cracked? gold bond therapeutic foot cream. penetrates the deepest layers like others can't. look for the healing seal. gold bond foot cream. serious relief for dry, cracked feet. >>> a 10-year-old texas boy was in d.c. for one hour is now dead after being hit by a car in georgetown. he was struck at the intersection of wisconsin and 3rd street. he died a short time ago at children's hospital. witnesses say the boy was in the crosswalk with his family. today neighbors say that intersection is
one of the victim is from maryland. >> we have confirmation of one u.s. citizen killed in the attack. he was an employee of an mgo in cap ala. i think they have confirmed his identity and there have been five u.s. citizens hospitalized. >> he was identified as 25-year- old nate hen of wilmington, delaware. he was working with a california based aid group. and the family friend of emily kerstetter was with her grandmother and a church group when they came under attack >>> if...
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let's get our maryland outlook here. we have thunderstorms throughout the day. 70 degrees temperatures rising into the 80s. if you're up near haggerstown it could bring us to the 90-degree mark. i think chance of thunderstorms really after the noon hour through tonight and overnight again should be the best chance of storms for everyone coming through. that's a look at your maryland weather. right now maryland traffic. >> reporter: we've got problems out in chevy chase live from the scene where we have that down tree. it's keeping the east/west highway closed in both directions between connecticut and joans mill road. we have an alternate to get around this at wusa9.com. let's move it over to connecticut avenue where it meets bradly. no major tie ups trying to get there. we have another tree down on the ground and it's keeping maryland 144 down in both directions. the time now is 6:09. more news headlines on the way right after the break. why choose between delicious or 100 calories? with yoplait delights... ...now you c
let's get our maryland outlook here. we have thunderstorms throughout the day. 70 degrees temperatures rising into the 80s. if you're up near haggerstown it could bring us to the 90-degree mark. i think chance of thunderstorms really after the noon hour through tonight and overnight again should be the best chance of storms for everyone coming through. that's a look at your maryland weather. right now maryland traffic. >> reporter: we've got problems out in chevy chase live from the scene...
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the beltway in maryland is the next stop. roadwork at river road near this exit. and finally northbound 95. looks like more construction at 212. southbound, clean and green, all clear. >>> today after some delay french-based keolis will assume all vre vre operations. it takes over for amtrak which had run vre for the last 18 years. they were scheduled to take control on june 28th but it was delayed due to staffing issues. 80 employees have been hired across the country. nearly all the previous vre conductors, engineers and maintenance staff decided to stay employed with amtrak. officials from the federal railroad administration will ride every vre train to ensure commuter safety. >>> british petroleum says it is making progress on a new effort yet to contain the gulf oil leak. a cap on top of the gusher is intended to provide a tight seal and may allow crews to capture all the oil leaking from the well but as tara mergener reports it may be days a way. >> reporter: oil is gushing unchecked from b.p.'s blown out well as engineers take a shot at containing the crude
the beltway in maryland is the next stop. roadwork at river road near this exit. and finally northbound 95. looks like more construction at 212. southbound, clean and green, all clear. >>> today after some delay french-based keolis will assume all vre vre operations. it takes over for amtrak which had run vre for the last 18 years. they were scheduled to take control on june 28th but it was delayed due to staffing issues. 80 employees have been hired across the country. nearly all the...
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. >> we've got good news from rockville, maryland residence. they lifted water restrictions at noon today. and those restrictions had been in place because of a broken 24- inch water main. repairs have been made out here on friday. and that lead to the extend water restriction until today. still ahead on 9news now tonight. >>> efforts to contain the gulf oil spill is contained under the way. along the gulf coast, a reason to celebrate today. we'll, plain what this is all about come -- we'll explain what this is all about coming up. >>> back here in our area, a huge effort to make things easier for our crews when 9news now returns. >>> crews say that they are making progress under the new cap that had ruptured the well and they hope that it will be completed in the next couple of days. terrell brown reports that while the work continues this evening that jimmy buffet about to give a new free concert. >> reporter: bp said that one of the two relief wells permanently to stop the gulf oil spill will be at the end of their operations. the first one
. >> we've got good news from rockville, maryland residence. they lifted water restrictions at noon today. and those restrictions had been in place because of a broken 24- inch water main. repairs have been made out here on friday. and that lead to the extend water restriction until today. still ahead on 9news now tonight. >>> efforts to contain the gulf oil spill is contained under the way. along the gulf coast, a reason to celebrate today. we'll, plain what this is all about...
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. >> laura with the maryland state highway administration. thanks a lot for that report. >> reporter: thank you, bruce. >>> tonight, oil is being allowed to flow freely in the gulf of mexico. workers are in the middle of an operation to switch caps on top of that broken well. the old cap is off. in its place will go a tighter dome supposed to funnel more oil to collection ships on the surface. terrell brown reports the latest solution should take two days, if all goes well. >> reporter: the broken oil well at the bottom of the gulf is in free flow. the cap that was holding back some of the oil was removed saturday afternoon to clear the way for a new tighter-fitting seal. b.p. is also working to hookup a third containment ship to the well. the combination of a third ship and the new cap could contain the spill as early as monday. what b.p. so desperately wants and needs. >> we take it personal, because we know we're not familiar with having polluting the gulf of mexico. our goal is to stop the oil and get this over with. >> reporter: on dauph
. >> laura with the maryland state highway administration. thanks a lot for that report. >> reporter: thank you, bruce. >>> tonight, oil is being allowed to flow freely in the gulf of mexico. workers are in the middle of an operation to switch caps on top of that broken well. the old cap is off. in its place will go a tighter dome supposed to funnel more oil to collection ships on the surface. terrell brown reports the latest solution should take two days, if all goes well....
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and the outer loop in maryland is tracking that commute. nice and quiet this morning. 95 all the way to 270. that's the traffic. back to you. >>> this morning, vre has a new operator, keolis is replacing amtrak as the company in charge of all vre trains. we have more on how this change will affect commuters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, hopefully the only changes vre riders will notice are cosmetic like new employees, new uniforms but this morning certainly marks the end of an era for virginia's commuter railway. after 18 years of running vre, amtrak is out and keolis rail services of america is taking over. amtrak has run the railway since its beginning but last november tux during vre contract negotiations the french company was the lowest bidder and was awarded an $85 million operations contract. but the changeover has come with some controversy. two months ago, keolis alleged that they would not be ready for the june 28th takeover and clearly the date did slip by two weeks. the problem was vre was struggling to get emp
and the outer loop in maryland is tracking that commute. nice and quiet this morning. 95 all the way to 270. that's the traffic. back to you. >>> this morning, vre has a new operator, keolis is replacing amtrak as the company in charge of all vre trains. we have more on how this change will affect commuters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, hopefully the only changes vre riders will notice are cosmetic like new employees, new uniforms but this morning certainly...
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christian fisher reports on the efforts that are under way to clean up in the district and in maryland. >> reporter: an suv crushed by a massive tree. it's quite a sight for 5-year- old max as he walks to school wednesday morning along willow road in tacoma park. >> we like our neighbors and we're sorry their car got all crushed up by a tree. we're glad nobody's hurt. >> reporter: this tree came crashing down around 8:00 last night. we're not talking about just a tree branch. if you take a look all the way up there, you can see the entire top of this tree just fell off barely missing all of those nearby power lines. >> it's amazing that we still have power and it didn't hit the power lines. it went the right direction. >> we're looking at a tree that was pruned in the old fashion way 20 years ago, and the wound caused by the pruning led to an area of rot in the tree. >> reporter: todd bolton is the arborist for the city of takoma park. >> all of this wood inside is now rotten. so the only part holding the tree was this little good section right there. >> it would have happened anyway.
christian fisher reports on the efforts that are under way to clean up in the district and in maryland. >> reporter: an suv crushed by a massive tree. it's quite a sight for 5-year- old max as he walks to school wednesday morning along willow road in tacoma park. >> we like our neighbors and we're sorry their car got all crushed up by a tree. we're glad nobody's hurt. >> reporter: this tree came crashing down around 8:00 last night. we're not talking about just a tree branch....
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the former maryland to the bucket and one. the mystics improved. they won today. >>> we know about his personal trials, but professionally tiger woods is struggling. if he doesn't pull off a big comeback tomorrow, it will be the first time since '04 he's gone 7 straight tournaments without winning at least one. wow. third round today, he began plus 3. tiger, dropping like it's hot. two holes later, swing, tree, crowd, bogey. not good. >>> saturday night racing in nascar and daytona for the coke zero 400. this is lap 103. montoya, live life on the wall. he gets clipped. latter on, more carnage. still racing right now. kurt busch is your leader. >>> if you're a casual soccer fan looking for a reason to keep watching the world cup, how about a little trash talk? germany and argentina traded punches after their match four years ago. did some verbal sparing before today's match. when it all started, it was all germans. three ticks into the game, tomas meuller, off the header. germany beats argentina 4-0. spain, take on paraguay. talk about cross bars. w
the former maryland to the bucket and one. the mystics improved. they won today. >>> we know about his personal trials, but professionally tiger woods is struggling. if he doesn't pull off a big comeback tomorrow, it will be the first time since '04 he's gone 7 straight tournaments without winning at least one. wow. third round today, he began plus 3. tiger, dropping like it's hot. two holes later, swing, tree, crowd, bogey. not good. >>> saturday night racing in nascar and...
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is it maryland. >> it is maryland coming up. >> i do that in seven minutes. you do traffic. >> all right. thank you. right now focus on dc because that's where we have a main tieup. this is an ongoing construction project on 16th street and crescent place. this will take place throughout friday. we are talking 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. where you are losing a couple of lanes in both directions and not going to be able to part going southbound because of the work zone. moving to the outer loop in maryland. the delay is setting in and it is growing from colesville road to georgia avenue. our next stop takes us back to the realtime graphics and route 4, route 5 and 301 obviously in the dark. there we go. we will zoom in and show you the traffic is doing fine out here. green cars are telling us everything is moving at speed. 395 northbound, more drivers are hitting the road past duke street to the pentagon. overall still clear crossing the 14th street bridge and 95 before this in virginia going northbound slowing down between the prince william parkway and 123 and ag
is it maryland. >> it is maryland coming up. >> i do that in seven minutes. you do traffic. >> all right. thank you. right now focus on dc because that's where we have a main tieup. this is an ongoing construction project on 16th street and crescent place. this will take place throughout friday. we are talking 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. where you are losing a couple of lanes in both directions and not going to be able to part going southbound because of the work zone. moving to...
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southern maryland. a lot of 800-degree readings. few areas in the lower 70s an the suburbs to the west. even in catlett yesterday, charlie got up to 100 degrees and looking at the mean future cast as temperatures climb to 100 by the noon hour we may have a few clouds and that's it. better chance of showers and cooler temperatures moving in tomorrow. i will talk about that at 6:44. right now angie goff has the wednesday traffic update. >> we have been tracking the tieups all morning long and so far so good. overall most areas are okay. we have one problem spot. we want to take you there live. slippery road conditions. a substance on the grunted at u street. this is in northwest dc between 16th and 12th street. you want to use caution out this way. moving to 66 eastbound, you are now delayed in two spots from 234 making your way to 28. approaching rout 50 toward 123 an the outer loop jamup has grown from new hampshire to georgia and now we are factoring in an extra five to to men minutes. back to you. >>> this morning pepco crews are
southern maryland. a lot of 800-degree readings. few areas in the lower 70s an the suburbs to the west. even in catlett yesterday, charlie got up to 100 degrees and looking at the mean future cast as temperatures climb to 100 by the noon hour we may have a few clouds and that's it. better chance of showers and cooler temperatures moving in tomorrow. i will talk about that at 6:44. right now angie goff has the wednesday traffic update. >> we have been tracking the tieups all morning long...
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the main broke along south glen road in potomac, maryland. it is a half century old and key to getting water to maryland's second largest city. >> despite the original pipe that was installed when our water treatment was plant was put in 1958, this main line serves between the water treatment plant and the distribution system. >> reporter: it is estimated the city lost 2 million-gallons of water in the spill. that's enough water for everyone in rockville to take four showers each. >>> it took nearly lee days but just about everyone who lost power in the district has it back today. we have been telling you about crews working in northeast washington. about 1200 customers got electricity back this morning. ward 5 councilman tommy thomas wants an investigation in to why getting the power restored took so long. the whole story took two weeks to unfold, russian spies including three living in arlington, virginia, landed in moscow 40 minutes ago. the group of ten spies plead guilty in a new york city courtroom yesterday. under a plea deal they were
the main broke along south glen road in potomac, maryland. it is a half century old and key to getting water to maryland's second largest city. >> despite the original pipe that was installed when our water treatment was plant was put in 1958, this main line serves between the water treatment plant and the distribution system. >> reporter: it is estimated the city lost 2 million-gallons of water in the spill. that's enough water for everyone in rockville to take four showers each....
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his body was recovered a short time later by search crews from the sheriff's office and maryland national resources -- natural resources. police haven't released his name because they're trying to notify his relatives. he was in his 60's. they do not suspect foul play in his death. >>> still ahead tonight, b.p. crews try to install a new, tighter cap on that gushing oil leak. >>> a state trooper thinks he's following a drunk driver ends up in a high-speed chase with an armed robbery suspect. >>> did you enjoy this day? how could you not? blue skies, low humidity, light winds. absolutely gorgeous. i truly believe it will spill into the first part of your monday. wakeup weather as you get the kids off to day care, summer camp or prepare for your own full day's worth, it should be nice. you shouldn't have the weather to complain about. the seven day outlook comes up. 9 news now continues after this. [ kid 1 ] wanna know some of our favorite things? we love summertime fun! ...wearing our favorite colors... ...and jamming to our favorite bands! ♪ but we love eating totino's the most. we live
his body was recovered a short time later by search crews from the sheriff's office and maryland national resources -- natural resources. police haven't released his name because they're trying to notify his relatives. he was in his 60's. they do not suspect foul play in his death. >>> still ahead tonight, b.p. crews try to install a new, tighter cap on that gushing oil leak. >>> a state trooper thinks he's following a drunk driver ends up in a high-speed chase with an armed...
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mary money, the medical alarm first sounded in her hagerstown, maryland, office 11 years ago shortly after this country doctor first started prescribe ago new diabetes drug. >> avandia has helped keep my blood sugar down for about a year now. >> the first patient i put on the drug developed severe fluid retention, severe shortness of breath. >> reporter: a review of her files found more than half-- 20 of 33 patients on avandia-- had developed similar symptoms that could lead to heart failure. so dr. money stopped writing new prescriptions and started calling other doctors, expressing concern about what was to become a blockbuster drug. >> from my perspective i was trying to save lives. >> reporter: the drug's manufacturer, glaxosmithkline, didn't see it that way, sending the chief of staff at her hospital this letter stating dr. money was creating unnecessary fear, requesting she stop disseminating what it called unsubstantiated information. >> that was a very upsetting letter to receive from a company and it did intimidate me. >> in my view, avandia is the worst drug safety catastro
mary money, the medical alarm first sounded in her hagerstown, maryland, office 11 years ago shortly after this country doctor first started prescribe ago new diabetes drug. >> avandia has helped keep my blood sugar down for about a year now. >> the first patient i put on the drug developed severe fluid retention, severe shortness of breath. >> reporter: a review of her files found more than half-- 20 of 33 patients on avandia-- had developed similar symptoms that could lead...
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we had the maryland attorney general and the cable europe president. that is to 9 on c-span2. c-span is now available in 100 million homes bringing new politics, history, and a nonfiction book secreted by american cable companies. >> the civic judiciary committee returns this week to vote on the nomination of the land taken as the newest supreme court justice. -- the nomination of elena kagan as the newest supreme court. learn more in c-span's newest book, "the supreme court," providing unique insight on the court available in hardcover and as an e-book. host: joining us from new york is steven brill, author of the cover story on last week's edition of "time" magazine. why this is the biggest bargain in town. welcome to the program, sir. guest: good morning. host: who is a lobbyist and why are they so necessary for government operations these days? guest: lobbyists are people who, originally according to the founding fathers they said in the first amendment the have a right to petition their government. now they are a professional class, often well trained or former congressma
we had the maryland attorney general and the cable europe president. that is to 9 on c-span2. c-span is now available in 100 million homes bringing new politics, history, and a nonfiction book secreted by american cable companies. >> the civic judiciary committee returns this week to vote on the nomination of the land taken as the newest supreme court justice. -- the nomination of elena kagan as the newest supreme court. learn more in c-span's newest book, "the supreme court,"...
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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on monday next for morning hour debate and further, when the house adjourns on that day it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on tuesday, july 20, 2010, for morning hour debate. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. herger: madam speaker, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion, and there are still three months remaining in the fiscal year. spending is out of control and the president and democratic leadership have shown no sign of slowing down. americans are still asking, where are the jobs? unemployment stands at near 10% nationally, and the administration's massive spending increases are harming the
the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on monday next for morning hour debate and further, when the house adjourns on that day it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on tuesday, july 20, 2010, for morning hour debate. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman...
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the epicenter was in germantown, maryland. but it was felt throughout maryland, d.c., parts of northern virginia and west virginia. it woke up our household. kind of a rumble that came in a wave, started low, a crescendo, only five or seven seconds or so. if i didn't know better, i would have it was that old cliche, a massive freight train rumbling by. meteorologists who lived here for decades say this is the most significant quake they've ever felt. small quakes happen every few years, the last one 2.0 in 2008, but literally 200 years ago, matt, an earthquake rat. ed d.c. in 1828. president john quincy adams was in the white house and he was talking about a big shaker. back to you. >> i can't believe you went to the old freight train line there. that's okay. we got you. tom costello in washington. tom, thank you very much. five after the hour, here's meredith. >> matt, thank you. president obama is expected to comment on the situation in the gulf at any moment. chief white house correspondent chuck todd is at the white house
the epicenter was in germantown, maryland. but it was felt throughout maryland, d.c., parts of northern virginia and west virginia. it woke up our household. kind of a rumble that came in a wave, started low, a crescendo, only five or seven seconds or so. if i didn't know better, i would have it was that old cliche, a massive freight train rumbling by. meteorologists who lived here for decades say this is the most significant quake they've ever felt. small quakes happen every few years, the...
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with the maryland attorney general and cable europe president. that is tonight on c-span2. last year, president obama created a commission providing policy advice on by zero ethical issues. . >> i would like to introduce diane as our designated federal officer. that makes this meeting legal. good morning. i am amy gutmann, chair of the presidenal commission on the study of bioethical issues. our co-chaired jim wagner will introduce the first session. we are now starting the second day of our meeting on synthetic biology. yesterday, we heard from some of the leading experts in synthetic biology. we received a very clear overview of the science. we learned about the likely future applications and benefits. we heard about some of the potential risks and other ethical concerns. let me fantasize that this is the first of three meetings on this topic. rome -- let me emphasize that this is the first three meetings on this topic. we a planned this one to be an overview. we will take a deeper dive in september at our next meeting. it is also open to the public, september 13 and 14.
with the maryland attorney general and cable europe president. that is tonight on c-span2. last year, president obama created a commission providing policy advice on by zero ethical issues. . >> i would like to introduce diane as our designated federal officer. that makes this meeting legal. good morning. i am amy gutmann, chair of the presidenal commission on the study of bioethical issues. our co-chaired jim wagner will introduce the first session. we are now starting the second day of...
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just next to you is our democratic leader, congressman from the great state of maryland, mr. hoyer. i suspect you have a few things you would like to say and you may want to cover the 20 or 30 bills that under your leadership and speaker pelosi that the democrats have passed out of this house with no republican support. but i'll let you to speak on that matter. before you do, if you look over here, mr. leader, make it in america. now that came from -- a tremendous leader, our majority leader said in caucus one day, make it in america. it's your slogan and our slogan. i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend from california. thank my friend from colorado, wisconsin and new york and certainly from ohio. we are's on the floor here talking about making it in america. we believe everybody ought to be able to make it in this, the greatest land on the face of the earth. and we believe one way they're go to go make it in america -- i tell the gentleman, the speaker, mr. driehaus from ohio, is to make it in america. and so, throughout the world. make sure that our manufacturing capacity is as r
just next to you is our democratic leader, congressman from the great state of maryland, mr. hoyer. i suspect you have a few things you would like to say and you may want to cover the 20 or 30 bills that under your leadership and speaker pelosi that the democrats have passed out of this house with no republican support. but i'll let you to speak on that matter. before you do, if you look over here, mr. leader, make it in america. now that came from -- a tremendous leader, our majority leader...
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law, the grass roots in the maryland law center may happen. since you have an entitlement to it, it is an earlier decision. she said, i do not think i know anyone who is 84 that is not in a nursing facility. but if i could get help, my son would be delighted if i moved into them. it is not always an accurate perception, but in this case, it was. in some cases, the sun will say he is delighted, but it will not happen. but in this case, it was. and i have young people who were shocked to find out, not just that i would significant disabilities, who avoided going into a state institution just because i had a sense of humor. seriously. that is how i escaped. my father did not have the heart for it. i was a toddler. he tell my sister, as long as she is laughing and she makes us laugh, then we will keep her home. we know she will not live very long, but we're keeping her home as long as she is laughing. that is how my sister understood it. she was a little kid. she said, it looks like maybe she is going to keep laughing. i do not think she will die.
law, the grass roots in the maryland law center may happen. since you have an entitlement to it, it is an earlier decision. she said, i do not think i know anyone who is 84 that is not in a nursing facility. but if i could get help, my son would be delighted if i moved into them. it is not always an accurate perception, but in this case, it was. in some cases, the sun will say he is delighted, but it will not happen. but in this case, it was. and i have young people who were shocked to find...
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we got this idea from governor o'malley from maryland. with our partners will lot would -- we launched a campaign to end on corporate we form a coalition with kohl's. increase -- with goals, increase the number of children in the school lunch program, the school breakfast program, and also develop and execute a specific and measurable plan to end childhood hunger by 2015 in colorado. the campaign launched an aggressive outreach campaign to expand the summer meals program. just like a political campaign, e use posters, fliers, psa's and even calls to parents. these efforts resulted in a 50% increase in the number of summer meals sites and an increase in the number of meals served. governors, we have not invested in the state funds to make it happen. we are using federal dollars more creatively and effectively. in fact, where one of four state is using funds to support expansion of summer meal programs. our goal is to serve 10,000 more kids this summer than last summer, and for the first time in colorado, serve more than 1 million meals. ba
we got this idea from governor o'malley from maryland. with our partners will lot would -- we launched a campaign to end on corporate we form a coalition with kohl's. increase -- with goals, increase the number of children in the school lunch program, the school breakfast program, and also develop and execute a specific and measurable plan to end childhood hunger by 2015 in colorado. the campaign launched an aggressive outreach campaign to expand the summer meals program. just like a political...